Grouping students heterogeneously is certain to improve respect for diversity

False,

Only with individual accountability and group rewards. Left to themselves, students will group themselves more homogeneously.

Social skills can efficiently be taught through direct instruction.

TrueSome students at every grade level must be taught to work well with others. Modeling, practice, and feedback in teaching social skills.

Boys tend to be more assertive than girls, dominating and taking charge in activities

True, boys relate more through activities and are more dominant and competitive. While girls relate more through social situations and tend to be less competitive.

Involving everyone in the discussion is among the most advanced skill in cooperative learning

False,

Checking for agreement and asking for reasoning behind ideas represent more advanced skills.

According to Slavin's research, working together consistently produces better results than working individually

False,

Only with the combination of individual accountability and group recognition.

A cooperative task with specialized individual responsibility most closely corresponds to the STAD framework

False, this is the jigsaw II framework where the project is broken up to the group members and each of them become specialized in that area. After that the students then teach the area they have become specialized in

Bandura's research on the effects of modeled aggression on children's aggressive behavior toward a Bobo doll showed the modeling condition produced twice as much aggressive behavior as the control condition.

TrueFrustration set the stage for aggression. Precisely imitated film model, more aggression toward provocative than neutral toys.

Slavin sees a stronger role for competition in cooperative learning than does Kohn.

TrueSlavin also views extrinsic rewards more favorably than Kohn.

Kohn does NOT like competition

The performance of students with disabilities is likely to be enhanced by peer tutoring but not by cooperative learning groups

False, they both are equally enhancing

Students with disabilities performed near the middle of the class in cooperative learning groups and well above the average of the comparative class. Peer tutoring also made a positive difference. Peer tutoring made a greater difference for students with disabilities than students without disabilities.

The social desirability phenomenon constitutes the biggest problem in self-report measures of social actions

True, you want to give the answer that seems to be the overall apporval not your actual ideas

The notion of positive interdependence is exclusively linked to joint rewards.

FalseAlso relates to resources, goals, and roles.

In a CWPT session advanced students explain subject matter to the less advanced.

FalseTutors & tutees switch roles

In structured controversy students are trained to avoid criticizing others' ideas.

FalseAvoid criticizing others' intelligence & motives.

Development of perspective taking contributes to cognitive problem-solving skills.

TrueCan see problems from others' perspective. Important in both structured controversy and conflict resolution.

Conflicts are best resolved when they are defined in the smallest terms possible

True, it is easier to find a common ground on a small issue and from their build up to the bigger issue. It is harder to find a common ground on a broad topic

Peer tutoring is more effective for introducing new content than for clarifying content already introduced

False, this is better for quizing peers on material already learned. The students an't quiz each other on material they haven't learned

Adolescent girls are likely to have a stronger attachment with their fathers than boys do with their mothers.

FalseGirls' attachment to their mothers is stronger than boys' attachment with either parent.

Meaningful parent-child dialogue is most likely in the context of authoritative parenting

True

Bilateral communication, better performance in school.( ask child for their point of view)

Authoritative parents are more likely to emphasize obedience from their children than are authoritarian parents.

FalseBoth set standards for their children, but standards can be questioned in an authoritative relationship.

The notion that weakness in one self-concept area is most consistent with the hierarchical model of self-concept.

FALSE. Compensatory model.

The nomothetic model of self-concept provides the most precise prediction of academic performance.